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Emily Skye is one of Australia's most recognisable voices in fitness and wellbeing, but her story is about so much more than exercise.In this warm and honest conversation, Jules sits down with Emily to talk about what really sits beneath a life that looks strong from the outside. Emily opens up about growing up as an insecure, shy girl who couldn't cope with the everyday, her later ADHD and autism diagnoses, and the years she spent chasing love and acceptance in all the wrong places before discovering that movement made her feel, in her words, like a superhero.Emily is refreshingly real about the thing so many of us get stuck on: seeking validation from other people. Her message is simple and hard won. You cannot get worth from outside yourself. It doesn't work. Take it from her.Together, Jules and Emily explore why feeling good matters more than looking good, how to build movement into a busy life without the guilt, and why you have to put yourself first before you can show up for everyone else. They talk about the pressure women carry, navigating hormones and menopause, the power of strength training as we age, gut health, and learning to speak to yourself the way you'd speak to your own child.This is a conversation about confidence, self-worth and being kind to yourself in a world that constantly tells you you're not doing enough. You are. Pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in.Connect with Emily Skye:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyskyefit/Website: https://emilyskyefit.com/CHAPTERS00:00 — Welcome, Emily Skye01:21 — Her Intention: You're Not Alone, and You're Not Failing02:03 — The Shy, Insecure Girl Who Couldn't Cope02:52 — Understanding It Now: ADHD and Autism05:37 — Finding Fitness and Feeling Like a Superhero07:12 — Sharing It With the World, and Chasing the Wrong Things12:56 — The Hard Truth: Validation From Others Doesn't Work16:05 — Why How You Feel Inside Has to Come First17:39 — Don't Overthink It, Just Move19:54 — You Never Regret Exercising21:22 — Building the Habit and Setting Yourself Up to Win22:02 — Put Your Own Oxygen Mask on First25:09 — Feeling Good Beats Looking Good27:06 — Hormones, Menopause and a Changing Body29:52 — Releasing the Pressure: Why Do I Need To?32:47 — The Postpartum Moment That Changed Everything33:37 — Protect Your Peace: Removing the Triggers36:26 — Am I a Good Mum? The Questions We All Ask38:30 — Why Strength Training Is Gold as We Age43:30 — Gut Health and the Food That Fuels You50:52 — Back to Basics: Keep It Simple54:09 — Talk to Yourself the Way You'd Talk to Your Child55:48 — Letting Go of People Pleasing57:17 — Feeling Strongest When You Show Up for Yourself01:00:04 — The Never-Ending To-Do List01:00:38 — Wrapping Up Tea with JulesConnect with JulesGet Jules' NewsletterWatch Tea with Jules on YouTubeFollow Tea with Jules on InstagramFollow Jules on TikTokCreditsProduced by ME EntertainmentProducers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @EggoauSound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau

Content warning: This episode includes an honest discussion of depression and suicidal thoughts. Please listen with care. If you or someone you know needs support, Lifeline is available 24/7 on 13 11 14.He's called Dr Happy. And he's lived with depression for most of his adult life.In this genuinely profound conversation, Jules sits down with Dr Tim Sharp, clinical and coaching psychologist, founder of The Happiness Institute, best selling author and one of Australia's leading voices in positive psychology. But as Jules discovers, the power of Tim's story isn't the title. It's everything sitting behind it.Tim built an entire career around happiness while privately battling severe depression and suicidal thoughts, and spending years believing he wasn't good enough, smart enough or worthy enough. His honesty about that gap between the public persona and the private reality is what makes this episode land so deeply.Together, Jules and Tim unpack what happiness actually is, and why most of us have been chasing the wrong version of it. Tim explains why you're not supposed to feel good all the time, why negative emotions aren't the enemy, and why the pressure to be happy every minute of every day is quietly making us miserable. He shares the simple daily practices that genuinely move the needle, the beauty of finding joy in the mundane school run and the everyday moments, and a powerful approach to sitting with difficult feelings instead of running from them.His final pearl of wisdom is simple, and Jules says she's printing it out for every wall in her house. Love yourself. Love others. Love the world.This is one of those conversations that might just change what you're really searching for. Pour yourself a cup of tea, and settle in.Connect with Dr Tim Sharp (Dr Happy):Website: https://drhappy.com.au/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehappinessinstitute/If this episode raised anything for you:Lifeline — 13 11 14 (24/7) — https://www.lifeline.org.auBeyond Blue — 1300 22 4636 — https://www.beyondblue.org.auCHAPTERS00:00 — Introducing Dr Tim Sharp, Australia's Dr Happy02:27 — Setting the Intention: If This Helps Just One Person03:20 — What Is Happiness, Really? Why We've Got It Wrong04:32 — Positive and Negative Emotions: Why None of Them Are Bad08:47 — The Three to One Ratio, and Why It's Not About the Numbers09:46 — The Power of Gratitude: Noticing What We Overlook10:45 — Finding Joy in the Mundane: The School Run and the Everyday13:14 — Why Do We Feel We Need to Be Excited All the Time?14:33 — Learning to Sit With Your Own Thoughts15:22 — Lost and Found: The Story Behind Tim's Latest Book17:46 — The Beauty of Getting Lost, and Why Failure Is Part of the Path21:52 — Don't Think About White Polar Bears: Why Fighting Thoughts Fails24:34 — The RAIN Method: A Practical Way to Handle Hard Emotions29:21 — The Hardest Part: Tim on Living With Depression32:04 — The Turning Point That Changed Everything35:22 — Why We Hit Our Forties and Realise We Need to Reassess38:07 — Chasing Success, Nice Things, and What Actually Fulfils Us40:27 — Fifty Years of Research, One Answer: Other People Matter42:30 — A Practical Happiness Check-In You Can Do Today43:17 — Are You Choosing Happiness? The Daily Question That Matters47:20 — Dr Tim's Pearl of Wisdom: Love Yourself, Love Others, Love the World47:46 — Wrapping Up Tea with JulesConnect with JulesGet Jules' Newsletter – a letter each week with personal anecdotes, recipes, fashion, cocktails and podcast episodesWatch Tea with Jules on YouTubeFollow Tea with Jules on InstagramFollow Jules on TikTokCreditsProduced by ME EntertainmentProducers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @EggoauSound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau

A proper heart-to-heart.In this solo episode, Jules goes deep on something she's been thinking about a lot lately: letting go of the things that define us. The stories we carry, the pressure we put on ourselves, and whether the version of success we're chasing was even ours to begin with.Jules opens up about a belief she carried for almost her whole life, that she wasn't smart, formed in year four over a struggle with fractions, and how that single story quietly shaped her decisions, her confidence and the way she walked into rooms for decades. It's a powerful reminder of how the labels we accept about ourselves can become an identity we never actually chose.From there, Jules explores the beliefs so many of us carry without questioning. I'm too emotional. I'm bad with money. I'm behind in life. I'm only valuable when I'm productive. She talks about where these stories come from, how repetition turns them into truth, and the gentle, everyday ways we can start creating evidence against the lie.Asking if whether "having it all" is really the goal, or whether we've confused having it all with doing it all. Because a life that looks full from the outside can still feel empty inside. Success, she reminds us, looks different in every season. Sometimes it's ambition. Sometimes it's healing. Sometimes it's simply resting.This is a warm, gentle, permission-giving episode. Put the phone down, take a breath, and let yourself just be for a little while.CHAPTERS00:00 — Welcome In: Wherever You Are, This Moment Is Guilt-Free01:32 — Today's Heart-to-Heart: Letting Go of the Things That Define Us02:09 — The Question That Changes Everything: What Beliefs Am I Carrying That Aren't True?03:41 — Smartness Comes in All Kinds of Ways: Rewriting the Story05:41 — Healing Starts With Awareness: Creating Evidence Against the Lie06:37 — Jules Gets Honest: The Instagram Scroll That Took Her Out for a Day08:12 — Spotting the Pattern Behind Anxiety and Sadness10:21 — Just Because Something Is Normal Doesn't Mean It's Healthy11:41 — Why Women Are Conditioned to Seek Approval, and the Cost of It12:44 — Is Having It All Really the Goal?14:09 — Define Success for Yourself, or the World Will Do It for You15:09 — Share, Subscribe & Come Say HiConnect with JulesGet Jules' Newsletter – a letter each week with personal anecdotes, recipes, fashion, cocktails and podcast episodesWatch Tea with Jules on YouTubeFollow Tea with Jules on InstagramFollow Jules on TikTokCreditsProduced by ME EntertainmentProducers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @EggoauSound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau

Content note: This episode includes discussion of suicide and mental health. Please listen with care. If you need support, Lifeline is available 24/7 on 13 11 14.Some conversations change the way you see everything.In this episode, Jules sits down with Leah Ashton, the founder of Hand in Hand in Ballarat, an organisation dedicated to supporting people experiencing mental health challenges and social isolation. The story behind Hand in Hand is one Leah tells here with extraordinary honesty and courage. It began with a chance conversation on a flight. Then, at the end of 2023, Leah's world fell apart. A phone call in the early hours of the morning. Her 21-year-old son, seven hours away in South Australia. Her husband overseas. What was first thought to be a car accident turned out to be something else entirely, and it was her son's best friend who finally told her the truth.Out of that came a truth she now shares with every parent who will listen. You cannot fix your child. They do not want to be fixed. They want you to be present. Just sit with them, in it.Jules and Leah talk about why mental health does not discriminate, why the conversations we are most afraid to have with our kids are the ones they most want to have, how loneliness and disconnection are quietly hurting communities, and the simple, small ways any of us can reach out to someone who might need it. Connect with Leah Ashton and Hand in Hand:Hand in Hand: https://www.handinhand.org.au/Sebastian Foundation: https://www.sebastianfoundation.org/If this episode raised anything for you:Lifeline — 13 11 14 (24/7) — https://www.lifeline.org.auBeyond Blue — 1300 22 4636 — https://www.beyondblue.org.auKids Helpline — 1800 55 1800 — https://kidshelpline.com.auCHAPTERS00:00 — Introducing Leah Ashton and the Work of Hand in Hand01:16 — All the Way From Ballarat: A Community That Rallied03:16 — A Chance Conversation on a Flight That Started Everything04:43 — Hand in Hand Begins, and Then the World Falls Apart05:15 — The Phone Call in the Early Hours of the Morning06:20 — Forty-Eight Hours in a Hospital, and the Truth From a Best Friend07:48 — "He Had a Loving Family, a Job, Friends. It Doesn't Discriminate."10:52 — The Voicemail, and the Longest Twenty Minutes of Her Eldest Son's Life12:08 — The Ripple Effect: How It Moves Through an Entire Family14:55 — The Questions That Haunt a Parent: Was There a Reason? Did I Miss Something?17:44 — "You Can't Fix Everything. Your Child Doesn't Want to Be Fixed."19:19 — Letting the Whole Family In, and the Phone That Stays on Override20:32 — The Burning Building: Understanding What That Moment Feels Like21:42 — Living With the Demons: Why Mental Health Isn't Ever Simply Fixed23:53 — Turning Pain Into Purpose, and the Cost of Reliving It26:40 — Putting the Smile Back on the Dial29:33 — The Talk at the School and the Student Who Ran Across the Room31:49 — It's Not About Saying the Right Thing. Just Be There.32:39 — The Stories People Carry, and Why Sharing the Load Matters34:19 — Feeling Alone? Practical Ways to Build a Community From Nothing36:03 — The Friday Night Cocktail Hour That Sparked Its Own Communities37:21 — Why the Person You'd Least Expect Might Be the One Struggling38:40 — Why a Generation That Can Handle Their Emotions Changes Everything41:07 — One Thing For Yourself: Forgive Yourself43:09 — One Thing For Someone Else: Never Assume43:57 — Leah's Pearl of Wisdom: "Life Doesn't Get Easier, But We Can Be More Honest About It"45:25 — Wrapping Up Tea with JulesCreditsProduced by ME EntertainmentProducers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @EggoauSound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau

What if your home already knew things about your life that you have never told anyone?In this fascinating episode, Jules sits down with Feng Shui master Kelly McCloskey, one of Australia's leading voices in the ancient art and science of Feng Shui. Kelly left a dream job selling real estate in Melbourne to study this 2,000-year-old practice, a decision so unexpected her own father asked her mother if she had joined a cult. Fifteen years later, she has guided thousands of people to transform their homes, their health, their wealth and their relationships, simply by understanding the energy of the spaces they live in.Jules and Kelly deep dive into what Feng Shui actually is, and what it is not. This is not lucky cats and red ribbons around your taps. Kelly explains the real thing: how the front door, the bedroom, the fridge and even a single open window can be quietly shaping your life, and how one client's jaw hit the floor when Kelly predicted a serious health issue just by reading the energy of his home. His response, how did you know that, might be the most chilling moment of the episode.Along the way you will learn why the artwork behind your bed matters more than you think, how Kelly has manifested everything from a husband to a beach house to an actual kitten, why decluttering is one of the most powerful things you can do for your energy, what to look for when buying a home, and the simple, practical changes any of us can make this week to invite more calm, clarity and abundance into our lives.Connect with Kelly McCloskey:Website: https://kellymccloskey.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellymccloskey_fengshui/Link to "Decluttering Episode" with Anita Birgeshttps://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-secret-to-a-calm-house-anita-birges/id1468288374?i=1000738117133CHAPTERS00:00 — Introducing Feng Shui Master Kelly McCloskey01:01 — "Is She Going to Know Everything About Me?": Jules' Feng Shui Nerves02:07 — Why Your Feng Shui Is Different to Your Neighbour's02:36 — What Feng Shui Actually Is: Wind, Water and the 24 Sectors03:32 — "How Did You Know That?": The Health Prediction That Stunned a Client04:26 — What It Means to Be Out of Luck, and Your Power Sector Explained05:20 — Leaving Real Estate for Feng Shui: "My Dad Asked If I'd Joined a Cult"06:54 — The Three Lucks: Earth, Heaven and Human08:18 — Why Some Restaurants Thrive and Others Fail09:50 — The Houses That Made Her a Believer: Cancer, Separation and Forced Sales10:33 — Her Own Home: Why Even a Master Lives in a Work in Progress12:36 — Order and Clutter: Why a Messy Home Blocks Clear Thinking13:27 — Broken Things and Great Aunt Mary's Artwork: What to Get Rid Of14:01 — Behind the Bed: The Manifesting Spot That Brought a Husband, Kids and a Kitten15:17 — Jules Confesses What Is Actually Behind Her Bed17:31 — Light Up Your Front Door: The Simplest Energy Fix19:01 — Water, Wealth and Activating the Right Sectors20:31 — How Everyday Taps, Basins and Toilets Activate Energy25:08 — Reading a Home Before You Buy: Feng Shui and Property26:13 — Trusting Your Instinct: Why Some Spaces Just Feel Wrong30:11 — The Fridge: A Surprising Big Activator in Your Home31:00 — Red Ribbons in Bali: Why Feng Shui Gets a Bad Rap32:23 — Classical Feng Shui vs the Western Version33:19 — You Don't Need to Bulldoze: Small Tweaks, Big Shifts34:55 — How to Get a Reading With Kelly39:08 — Cactuses, Pointy Plants and What Not to Put at Your Front Door40:04 — Guy Takes the Floor: "Be Brutal"41:23 — Declutter Time: The Final Word42:04 — Wrapping Up Tea with JulesConnect with JulesGet Jules' Newsletter – a letter each week with personal anecdotes, recipes, fashion, cocktails and podcast episodesWatch Tea with Jules on YouTubeFollow Tea with Jules on InstagramFollow Jules on TikTokCreditsProduced by ME EntertainmentProducers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @EggoauSound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @Eggoau

Kate Reeves and We Don't Have Time For This:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katerevz/Know Thyself Live Show: https://www.wedonthavetimeforthis.com/knowthyselfPodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/we-dont-have-time-for-this/id1544178687In this episode, Jules sits down with Kate Reeves, co-founder and co-host of the wildly successful podcast We Don't Have Time For This. Alongside her best friend of more than thirty years, Gemma Peanut, Kate has built one of Australia's most loved podcast communities, turning honest conversations about modern womanhood into sold-out live shows and a thriving business. But behind the laughs is a woman who has navigated real and significant change, including divorce, co-parenting, and rebuilding her life in ways she never expected.Jules and Kate go deep on what it really takes to keep showing up when life does not go to plan. They talk about the vulnerability hangover that comes from sharing your life publicly. Kate opens up honestly about her divorce, the word she made peace with, and the enormous decision to step outside the lines of the life everyone expected her to live. She shares what co-parenting has taught her, the things our children pick up whether we like it or not, and the hope she carries for the kind of relationships they will one day build.There is a beautiful theme running through this conversation about getting quiet in a noisy world, why silence has become the new luxury, and how life speaks to us first in whispers and then in shouts until we finally listen. Kate and Jules also explore the magic of building something with a best friend, the cruelty women can show one another online, why no woman is confident as a baseline, and the single most powerful feeling of all, which is not simply being seen but being truly known.Wise, warm, hilarious and deeply moving, this is a conversation about reinvention, friendship, and giving yourself permission to change.CHAPTERS00:00 — Intro Kate Reeves of "We Don't Have Time For This"03:50 — Best Friends Since Eleven: The Origin of Kate and Gemma06:21 — How the Podcast Was Born Out of Covid and United Mothers09:34 — The Vulnerability Hangover and Why 40 Means Giving Fewer F*^%$15:34 — When the Dads on the Sports Field Have Heard Everything20:09 — "You Were Married to One": Talking Openly About Her Divorce22:12 — Finding the Word She Felt Comfy With and the Mountain of the Decision25:27 — What You Resist Persists: Life Speaks in Whispers Then Shouts26:53 — Silence Is the New Luxury: Where a Mum Finds Space to Think29:23 — Co-Parenting, What Kids Witness and What They Pick Up33:52 — Building a Business With Your Best Friend on a Very Small Team36:29 — Love What You Do: The Hours, the Hustle and the Why40:55 — Is It the Truth? The Only Guiding Light Behind Every Episode41:46 — "This Feels Like Church": The Live Shows and Feeling Known42:51 — Know Thyself: The Meaning Behind This Year's Show46:05 — The Mean Instagram DM and How Kate Handled It49:36 — No Woman Is Confident as a Baseline53:35 — Stronger as a Duo: Why You Don't Have to Do It Alone55:02 — Every Seven Years You Become a Whole New Person56:11 — Goals Are Allowed to Change: Permission to Evolve58:25 — The Know Thyself Live Show and Wrapping UpConnect with JulesGet Jules' Newsletter – a letter each week with personal anecdotes, recipes, fashion, cocktails and podcast episodesWatch Tea with Jules on YouTubeFollow Tea with Jules on InstagramFollow Jules on TikTokCreditsProduced by ME EntertainmentProducers: @lisajohnston_, @julessebastian, @EggoauSound Engineer, Video, Editor & Music: Mathew Eggleston – @EggoauWelcome to Tea with Jules hosted by Jules Sebastian. Here we spill the tea and learn life lessons from honest conversations with experts, celebrities and friends.

What do you do when your whole life falls apart at 50?In this deeply moving and genuinely uplifting episode, Jules sits down with Kylie Jones, the founder of Fifty & Fearless, a platform and movement helping women over 50 rediscover their confidence, identity and purpose. But Kylie's story did not begin with inspiration. It began at rock bottom.In the space of just twelve to fifteen months, Kylie lost both of her parents and was suddenly retrenched from the 30-year career that had defined her. Completely broken and unsure how to even get out of bed each day, she opened her laptop one night and started an anonymous Instagram page. She didn't show her face. She simply began writing the words she needed to hear. Slowly, other women started to find her, and a movement was born.Jules and Kylie talk about what it really means to come home to yourself in midlife, why so many women wear busy as a badge of honour, and how to release the guilt that comes with choosing yourself. They explore why society teaches us to fear ageing, and why Kylie believes the opposite is true, that women become more powerful, clearer and more qualified for life with every passing year. They also dig into the small, doable changes that reconnect you with the things you used to love, the importance of sitting quietly with your own thoughts, and why your next chapter might just be your best one yet.Whether you are approaching 50, already there, or simply navigating a season of change, this conversation is a permission slip to stop shrinking and start living.Connect with Kylie Jones and Fifty & Fearless:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fiftyandfearless/Website: https://www.fiftyandfearless.com.au/Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/fifty-and-fearless-with-kylie-jones/id1829344250CHAPTERS00:00 — Introducing Kylie Jones and the Fifty & Fearless Movement01:38 — "Maybe Midlife Isn't About Starting Over": The Instagram Post That Started It All03:06 — Rock Bottom: Losing Both Parents and a 30-Year Career in Months03:41 — The Night She Opened Her Laptop and Started an Anonymous Page05:15 — When Friends and Family Realised the Page Was Hers06:43 — Coming Home to Yourself: What It Actually Means08:11 — The Wheel of Life and Why Women Put Themselves Last19:42 — Wearing Busy as a Badge of Honour20:09 — Choosing Me: Releasing the Guilt of Putting Yourself First24:36 — Why Brands Still Aren't Speaking to Women Over 5029:33 — Why Are We Taught to Fear Ageing?33:21 — The Fifty & Fearless Community and the Women Inspiring Each Other35:53 — It Doesn't Have to Be a Grand Gesture: Start Small41:11 — Sitting With Your Own Thoughts in a World That Never Stops44:28 — Overwhelmed by Information: Why We Need to Switch Off45:36 — Kylie's Advice: Don't Be Scared of What's Next47:32 — You Are the Most Qualified You Have Ever Been47:44 — "You Want to Turn 50 Now, Don't You?"48:06 — Wrapping Up Tea with Jules

Ten years is a long time. The last time Sam Wood sat down with Jules on Tea with Jules, he was fresh off The Bachelor, newly in love with Snezana, and just beginning to figure out what came next. A lot has happened since then.In this episode, Jules reunites with one of Australia's most trusted voices in health and fitness, Sam Wood, founder of 28 by Sam Wood but before we get to dumbbells and discipline, Sam takes Jules behind the scenes of The Bachelor in a way he admits he has never quite done before. The story of how a gym client wouldn't take no for an answer. The moment he knew it was Snezana, weeks before the show would let him say so. The uncomfortable reality of dating other women on camera when your heart had already decided and what it was really like to go from a kids fitness trainer nobody knew to the most talked-about man in Australia, almost overnight.Then the conversation turns to where Sam is most passionate: your health. He delivers some of the most direct, useful fitness advice Jules has had on the podcast. Why strength training is non-negotiable for women over 40. Why you will not get bulky. Why the goal of how you look eventually gives way to something far more powerful. And why, if you are going through perimenopause or menopause and you are not strength training, you are doing yourself the biggest disservice of your life, his words.Connect with Sam Wood and 28:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samjameswood/28 by Sam Wood: https://28bysamwood.com/28 Menopause Program: https://28bysamwood.com/menopause/CHAPTERS 00:06 — Introducing Sam Wood: One of Australia's Most Trusted Voices in Health and Fitness 01:08 — Welcome Back: Ten Years Since Sam Was Last on Tea with Jules 02:00 — Where It All Started: Gecko Kids and Australia's First Kids Gym 04:50 — How a Gym Client Refused to Take No for an Answer and Changed Everything 07:40 — The Boardroom Audition: Thongs, Jeans and the Head of Channel 10 09:30 — "If You Want It, You're It": The Phone Call That Launched Everything 12:00 — The Untold Story: Knowing It Was Snezana Early and Having to Keep Going Anyway 15:00 — The Producers, the Jeopardy and the Pressure to Keep It Interesting 16:00 — Blake's Situation vs Sam's: Why Sam Was Different from Day One 17:44 — The Moment Snezana Could Tell It Was Real 18:26 — Life After the Finale: The First Night Alone in a Cabin in the Blue Mountains 24:15 — "If You Didn't Pick That Single Mum, You Would Have Been the Most Hated Man in Australia" 28:00 — From the Bachelor to Building 28: The First 12 Months and 5,000 Members in 30 Days 32:00 — Progress Not Perfection: The Philosophy Behind 28 and Why It Actually Works 37:15 — Keeping It Real: Why Showing the Messy Side of Life Builds the Deepest Community 41:00 — What It Feels Like When Your Body Stops Responding the Way It Always Has 42:37 — Why Health and Fitness Is the Greatest Gift You Can Give Yourself 44:20 — Why Your Reason to Train Changes As You Get Older and Why That Matters 45:30 — The Non-Negotiable for Women Over 40: Strength Training, Full Stop 47:00 — You Will Not Get Bulky: Setting the Record Straight Once and for All 50:38 — Thank You Sam Wood and Wrapping Up Tea with Jules#TeaWithJules #JulesSebastian #SamWood #28BySamWood #28Menopause #MenopauseSupport #PerimenopauseHelp #StrengthTraining #WomensHealth #FitnessOver40 #HealthAndWellness #TheBachelorAustralia #BachelorSecrets #SnezanaWood #AustralianFitness #FitnessMotivation #MenopauseMovement #WomensWellness #AustralianPodcast #PodcastForMums #TeaWithJulesPodcast #FitnessForWomen #HealthyLiving #WellbeingPodcast #ProgressNotPerfection #SayYes #MindsetMatters #NewEpisode #FitnessInspiration #RealTalk

Disclaimer: This episode is for general information only and is not intended as legal advice. Please seek independent legal advice for your individual circumstances.Separation and divorce are topics most of us only talk about in hushed tones, or not at all. But what if the conversation could actually help? Whether you're happily married, quietly struggling, or somewhere in the middle of the hardest decision of your life, this episode is for you.Jules sits down with Gabriella Pomare, a Sydney-based family lawyer, author, and founder of The Collaborative Co-Parent, a platform dedicated to helping separated families move through co-parenting with more compassion, clarity and grace. What makes Gabriella different from most lawyers? She's been through it herself. With a one-year-old at home and a career built on guiding others through divorce, she navigated her own separation and came out the other side with a perspective that is equal parts honest, practical and deeply human.In this conversation, Jules and Gabriella talk about why marriages quietly unravel long before anyone says a word, the dangerous idea of staying for the kids, how to protect your children through the hardest kind of change, what to do when your ex simply won't cooperate, and why in Gabriella's words, it's not a broken family.This is not a conversation about failure. It's a conversation about rebuilding.Connect with Gabriella: 🌐 Website: https://gabriellapomare.com 🎙 Podcast "Before It Break with Gabriella Pomare" https://gabriellapomare.com/podcast 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegabriellapomare/CHAPTERS00:00 — Introduction & Disclaimer01:00 — Welcome: What Gabriella Wants You to Take From Today02:50 — Why She Chose Family Law - and What Changed When It Got Personal06:10 — Why Every Marriage and Divorce is Different: No Cookie-Cutter Answers07:00 — The Silent Divorce: When Couples Stop Fighting and What That Really Means08:30 — Communication is Everything - How to Have the Conversations You're Avoiding14:00 — Is Divorce Failure? Reframing the Stigma16:00 — "It's Not a Broken Family" - How You Do the Divorce Changes Everything18:20 — Do You Need a Lawyer? The Practical First Steps After the Decision is Made20:10 — The Danger of Suffering in Silence - and What Good Friends Can Do25:00 — Putting Your Kids First: What That Actually Means in Practice27:30 — Children Didn't Choose This: How to Help Them Feel Safe and Loved29:00 — One Thing You Can Do This Week for Your Kids31:30 — Staying for the Kids: When It Helps and When It Harms32:50 — When Your Ex Won't Play Nice: Setting Limits with a High-Conflict Co-Parent36:00 — The Path Through the Mud: Healing, Grief and Getting Unstuck37:00 — Silver Linings: The Unexpected Positives for Kids and Parents After Separation40:00 — What to Do If You're Feeling Lost Right Now42:30 — Final Words: You Are Not a Failure. You Get a Do-Over.HASHTAGS#TeaWithJules #JulesSebastian #GabriellaPomare #DivorceAdvice #SeparationSupport #CoParenting #TheCollaborativeCoParent #BeforeItBreaks #FamilyLaw #MarriageAdvice #DivorceIsNotFailure #HealthyDivorce #CoParentingTips #SingleMum #BlendedFamily #RelationshipAdvice #WomensPodcast #AustralianPodcast #MumPodcast #HealingJourney #Rebuilding #MentalHealthMatters #LifeAfterDivorce #FamilyFirst #KidsAndDivorce #PodcastForWomen #Empowerment #NewChapter #TeaWithJulesPodcast #AusPodcast